How do you make a men's shirt into a dress?

 

 I found this lovely men's shirt in my local second hand , it's 100 % egyptian cotton and has beautiful claret color. At first I thought to make simple shirt from it but after watching Assos site I knew that dress will be much better choice .

 Shirt Before

 100 % egyptian cotton, size XXL

 

How to sew a dress ❔

 

let's start with cutting

  cut bottom of the dress from shirt
from upper part of shirt sew top 

 

 

 

measure your waist and cut elastic using your measurements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 How do you sew an elastic waistband ❔

 

 let's play with elastic

 

 

 pin elastic to skirt , stretch and sew 

 

  

 

and again pin elastic to top , stretch and sew 

 

 

 now it's time for neckline , sew the tunnel and elastic into it

 

 

 same thing do in sleeves

 

 

all together it should look like on this  photo

 

 

 

 Ready dress

 

 Ready dress with and off shoulder

 

 

 

 

whole dress looks like this , it's very comfy

 

 

 

 

Shirt Before and Dress After